Suburban Updates - All Other Metro Vancouver Municipalities - Page 258

Sheba · #**5141** Posted **Mar 30, 2021, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

Douglas College expansion in downtown New West.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/urbanized

I'm kind of surprised they'd want student housing fronting the busy streets.

Also the wording made it sound like there would be next to no washrooms: "99 beds in a semi-suite unit that includes a shared washroom with the adjacent semi-suite." My first thought was that's 99 bedrooms and 1 bathroom (vs 2 suites sharing a bathroom).

officedweller · #**5142** Posted **Mar 30, 2021, 10:21 PM**

You're criticzing Daily Hive on their grammar?

Sheba · #**5143** Posted **Mar 31, 2021, 1:18 AM**

When I first read it I thought it was saying there would be 1 bathroom for 99 bedrooms - now that would lead to some pretty long lineups!

officedweller · #**5144** Posted **Apr 3, 2021, 10:52 PM**

From Trish Jewison twitter April 2:

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

invisibleairwaves · #**5145** Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 6:10 AM**

Really incredible bit of planning to have a tower development that faces away from a Skytrain station. There's definitely things to like about Suter Brook but the way it interacts with the area around it is just brutal. Hoping Port Moody does better with the giant development coming on the other side of Ioco.

GeeCee · #**5146** Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 7:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves

Really incredible bit of planning to have a tower development that faces away from a Skytrain station. There's definitely things to like about Suter Brook but the way it interacts with the area around it is just brutal. Hoping Port Moody does better with the giant development coming on the other side of Ioco.

Suter Brook predates the Evergreen Line by several years. I think that when the plans for the community were approved, it was still an LRT line at that point. Furthermore, it's difficult to see from this overhead shot, but there is a significant change in elevation between the vacant lot and the rest of Suter Brook.

Plus I'm pretty sure that the owner is different for that lot as well, so any sort of meaningful direct connection to the station might prove pretty difficult.

Aroundtheworld · #**5147** Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 7:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

From Trish Jewison twitter April 2:

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

God that sprawl looks horrible!

Migrant_Coconut · #**5148** Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 8:58 AM**

IIRC the original plan for the Evergreen Line would've sent it down Ioco and Guildford Way, meaning Newport and Suter Brook would've been right beside it; it goes without saying that the plan changed.

officedweller · #**5149** Posted **Apr 5, 2021, 3:05 AM**

Also looks like the newest Suter Brook towers don't include the land fronting Ioco Rd:

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2017/02/08/onni-submits-plan-for-final-phase-of-suter-brook/

Edit - Translink might own that parking lot:
https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/new-look-for-busy-pomo-corner-but-its-only-temporary-3088240

idunno · #**5150** Posted **Apr 5, 2021, 5:07 PM**

I wonder if TransLink would look at developing that property eventually. If they were to do so, one would think they'd ensure a good ped connection to Suter Brook.

Ailurus · #**5151** Posted **Apr 5, 2021, 6:59 PM**

Got an ad today for "VUE" by Amacon.

https://amacon.com/vue/

Looks to be the launch of their site at 633 North Road described here:

https://www.tricitynews.com/real-estate-...oquitlam-building-burned-in-fire-3118165

No new renderings or info yet, but good to see another site on that strip moving forward.

Klazu · #**5152** Posted **Apr 5, 2021, 7:21 PM**

I was in Port Moody this past Saturday and my God is there a lot of development ongoing! I had no idea so much was happening in Port Moody as it must have been only last summer I was there the last time. It is really transforming the small locale and for example the two towers by the station are rising fast as seen in the aerial.

Also, every second lot along Clarke Road between Burquitlam and Port Moody seemed to be for sale.

officedweller · #**5153** Posted **Apr 24, 2021, 1:18 AM**

Scott Graham twitter April 17th:

https://twitter.com/WFLBC

officedweller · #**5154** Posted **Apr 26, 2021, 11:31 PM**

From VancouverMarket.ca twitter:

Onni's project at Pinetree & Glen Drive in Coquitlam will have third reading extended to allow resolution to engineering & legal agreements.
When completed, the condo/rental/office development will consist of 50, 45 & 22-storey towers above a podium. Overall density 7.32 FSR.
https://twitter.com/vancouvermrkt

osirisboy · #**5155** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 5:08 AM**

That looks great, density wise. It could be a spandrel mess.

Klazu · #**5156** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 5:15 AM**

I just love it how casual a 50-floor tower proposal in the suburbs has become!

osirisboy · #**5157** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 5:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

I just love it how casual a 50-floor tower proposal in the suburbs has become!

Yeah. What would be crazy is if something like this was proposed in Vancouver along Cambie or Broadway!

officedweller · #**5158** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 6:02 AM**

Or even downtown!

Klazu · #**5159** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 1:40 PM**

Now that's just crazy talk. We all know that tall towers like that would shadow the fish living in False Creek or raccoons living in Downtown parks.

Metro-One · #**5160** Posted **Apr 27, 2021, 1:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Now that's just crazy talk. We all know that tall towers like that would shadow the fish living in False Creek or raccoons living in Downtown parks.

Maybe we should start advertising tall towers as a means for providing shade for tent cities in the parks, that way the sun won’t wake up the homeless early in the morning!